Discerning the Spirit of Truth
1 John 4:1-6
God willing, I will write a full commentary on it later, once I arc the whole letter of John.
Published June 1st, 2012
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God willing, I will write a full commentary on it later, once I arc the whole letter of John.
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1 John
1 John 4:1-6
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Beloved, do not believe every spirit,
but test the spirits
to see whether they are from God,
actionpurpose
for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
ground
By this you know the Spirit of God:
every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.
negativepositive
ideaexplanation
This is the spirit of the antichrist,
which you heard was coming
and now is in the world already.
concessive
temporal
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them,
for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
They are from the world;
therefore they speak from the world,
and the world listens to them.
actionresult
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We are from God.
Whoever knows God listens to us;
whoever is not from God does not listen to us.
By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
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10000000047033 47033 Arc 2010-08-14 16:17:49 2010-08-14 17:14:07 editing 1 John 4 1 4 6 1 John 4:1-6 62 NT esv i489796 i489797 i489798 i489799 i489777 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, i489778 but test the spirits i489779 to see whether they are from God, actionpurpose 2 i489780 for many false prophets have gone out into the world. ground 1 i489800 i489801 i489802 i489803 i489781 By this you know the Spirit of God: i489804 i489782 every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, i489783 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. negativepositive 2 1 ideaexplanation 1 i489805 i489784 This is the spirit of the antichrist, i489806 i489785 which you heard was coming i489786 and now is in the world already. concessive 2 1 temporal 1 ideaexplanation 1 i489807 i489787 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, i489788 for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. ground 1 i489808 i489809 i489789 They are from the world; i489810 i489790 therefore they speak from the world, i489791 and the world listens to them. actionresult 2 progression i489811 i489792 We are from God. i489812 i489793 Whoever knows God listens to us; i489794 whoever is not from God does not listen to us. negativepositive 2 1 ideaexplanation 1 negativepositive 2 i489795 By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. ideaexplanation 1 1 1 1 esv 25 a 50 discourse
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